Improvement in self-acting tilts for barrels



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ISAAC HUDSONAND WILLAM MINsHALL, or srooKPoRT, GREAT BRITAIN.

Letters Patent No. 107,779, dated September 27, 187e.

`|MPRovEmENT :N SELF-ACTING 'rlL'rs Fon BARRELS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and niaking part of thesame We,lsAAc HUDsoN and WILLIAM MmsHALL,

both of Stockport, inthe county ot' Chester, Kingv tacles `containingliquids, as the vsaid liquids decrease.

in quantity, the motion being so gentle and effectual' as to prevent anypossibility of the liquid heilig disturbed. l f

The manner in which this invention is to be performed willbeclearlyunderstoodby the following particular description thereof.

Figure 1 is a side view of4 our improved tilting ap-` paratus, shown atrest, or in the position it assumes when the` full barrel of liquid isfirst placed on the `stillage;

Figure 2 shows the same, tilted;

Figure 3 is a front view'of the apparatus; -and Figure 4 is a view ofon'e'of the weights. detached.

AThe casks orl barrels are'placed on the ordinary stillages a, andaboveeachcask or barrel, b, I employ a weighted quadrant-lever or steelyard, ed, suspended bya link, e, to a bar or rail, j, at the upperlpartof the cellaror other elevated position.

On the arm (l there is a weightg, whichl can be adjusted and held at anyrequired position, and `the otherA arm, c, is formed as a quadrant, towhich is linked yone end'of a chain, 1t, which is passed through the eyeof a hook, i, `which is ho'oked to the rear end of the casktor barrelThe chain h h'as at theother end a hook, 7c, which is hooked'to theotheror forward end-of the cask or barrel. I f- 'l Y l It will be observedthat `the lever c d is serrated or 'notched at the top, and providedwith a catch-lever,

l, the end of which falls into the notches or teeth as thc weightedlever descends, in tilting the barrel,'and prevents the swinging oroscillating ot' the barrel, which might otherwise take place.

'lhe leverv and weight are so calculated as not to' lift the Cask orbarrel until the liquid gets down to. the point where it is required tobe tilted.

When the full cask or barrel is in its place on the stillage, with thehooks'i and la on its ends, and vthe chain properly tightened andfastened, the lever e d is horizontaly or thereabouts, as shown in iig.1, and so remains until the cask requii :s to b e tilted, and

then, as the liquid decreases in quantity, the weightedI arm d of thelever descends, and raisest-he quadrantarm c, which pnlls the chain h,and gently'rzlises 0r tilts that end of the Cask or barrel, as Vseen intig. 2.

Instead of a chain, a cord or rope, with hooks, may be employed, or acombination of cords and chains or cords and rods, and the forms anddimension's'ot' the various parts vmay be varied according torequirements.

Having now descrihedthe nature and object of our said invention,together with the mannerin which the same is to be or may be performedor carried into practical effect, wewish it to he distinctly understoodthat We claiml as our invention'- The lever d, weight g, andretainingdevice l, in`

